You might be a Gaper if

[Greg]

I too admit to using the neoprene face mask on cold days. a tad gaper-ish...maybe. But it seems to me that one mark of gaper-ism is that gapers don't have the whole function/form thing figured out. I wear the mask even though In know it is kind of gaper-ish because I don't like a numb face. It has a function....jester hats or the fake dreadlock hats are a different story.

Yeah... still trying to figure out the face mask - gaper connection?


There's nothing not practical about the face mask. Are gloves gaper too?

Face mask when appropriate = not gaper
Face mask on a warm, calm day = totally gaper

The difference is the gaper is probably wearing the facemask because they got it as a Christmas gift and they think it makes them look cool, but the conditions don't warrant it. Now again, I guess everybody is different in terms of cold tolerance, but I've seen face masks on some pretty warm days by most peoples' standard.

Finally, let's all remember - these "what's gaper" posts are all being made somewhat tongue in cheek. Let's not be so serious. Deep down - we're all gapers, or have gaped to some extent... :lol:

 

[bvibert]

Deep down - we're all gapers, or have gaped to some extent... :lol:

Speak for yourself... :roll:

 

[Skibum_dan]

Yeah. We certainly have all gaped at one point or another. In the spirit of good natured fun I mention the following: Otherwise I might not dare... I remember wearing a neon one piece ski suit like in 5th or 6th grade. My grandmother got it for me. She does a lot of work for a church in the Mad River Valley and pulled this out of a lost and found box or something like that. Ha. I actually wore it to the mountain once.....not to be jokingly cool like the Meatheads on their retro skiing bonus features on Born from Ice, but because I thought it was kinda cool. It did not fit well and I think it was prob way to snug to successfully perform a quality spread eagle so I only wore it once....Thank God......Easily the biggest gaper confession I can think of.

 

[skicone]

Does her jacket go with those pants???

 

[2knees]

And all this crap about skiing in blue jeans? Does anybody besides me admit to doing this in the 70's...

I'll one up you. I skied in courdoroys once, and it was in the 80's.

And it was at powder ridge on rental skis to boot.

the gaper trifecta.

 

[2knees]

and all this has me thinkin. If i end up going to hunter tomorrow and assuming i can still squeeze into them, i think'll i wear my old stretch pants. should be worth a laugh or two.

 

[ajl50]

about the face mask - gaper connection.
When it's 6 degrees and a wind chill of -15 at whiteface the face mask is your best friend. Simply being out there makes you not a gaper. When it's 30 and sunny with light wind face mask much closer to gaper.
However I would say that the face mask is the least of the gaper making clothing items. Mine is thin, fits under the helmet and goggles great and really keeps my face from getting blasted by snow guns.
The scarf is much worse.

 

[from_the_NEK]

The heck with stretch pants... I'm wearing shorts this weekend

 

[haines]

Excellent Forum

You know when your a gaper:


Ski Mt Sunapee, in the tuck position with poles pointing in the air

 

[hammer]

You know when your a gaper:


Ski Mt Sunapee, in the tuck position with poles pointing in the air

Hey, my son's done that down the first part of Upper Blastoff...

 

[dmc]

what do you use to cover your face on an frgid day and the wind is howling?

I have a balaclava for super cold days.. And a fleece gaitor for not as cold days..

I to gave up on cotton a long time ago...

"Cotton kills"

 

[Deviations]

I used to have a scarf my grandmother knitted me for cold days. She did it in the same color pattern as my Hexcel Comp skis (it looked just like the pattern, logo and all).

 

[Greg]

Face mask when appropriate = not gaper
Face mask on a warm, calm day = totally gaper

The difference is the gaper is probably wearing the facemask because they got it as a Christmas gift and they think it makes them look cool, but the conditions don't warrant it. Now again, I guess everybody is different in terms of cold tolerance, but I've seen face masks on some pretty warm days by most peoples' standard.

Brian and I noticed the ultimate display of face mask gaperness on Friday at Hunter. The temps were probably in the forties with no wind and we saw a kid (as in late teens, early 20's) donning the face mask, but as if that wasn't enough - he had no head gear on at all to boot! No hat, no helmet. :blink: But by golly, he just had to have that face mask on! :lol:

 

[bvibert]

Brian and I noticed the ultimate display of face mask gaperness on Friday at Hunter. The temps were probably in the forties with no wind and we saw a kid (as in late teens, early 20's) donning the face mask, but as if that wasn't enough - he had no head gear on at all to boot! No hat, no helmet. :blink: But by golly, he just had to have that face mask on! :lol:

I forgot about that!

 

[eastcoastskiier]

HAHA whenn i was in the lodge going to the bathroom i saw that kid.. the mask was on inside to!!

 

[Greg]

HAHA whenn i was in the lodge going to the bathroom i saw that kid.. the mask was on inside to!!

Aside from no hat or helmet, he had no goggles on either - just that trusty face mask... :lol:

 

[powderman]

bump

 

[Tin Woodsman]

You might be a gaper if...

..you stay primarily/exclusively on piste and criticize those who object to revealing tree stashes online.

 

[Greg]

You might be a gaper if...

..you stay primarily/exclusively on piste and criticize those who object to revealing tree stashes online.

That is way gaper. :razz:

 

[Moe Ghoul]

You might be a gaper if.........you skied with a Walkman CD player up until 2 years ago and carried a pocket full of CD's with you, wearing old school headphones instead of earbuds. My last run with that system was at Elk, where I got ribbed so hard by my friends, they almost took up a collection to buy me a nano, lol. I was also nicknamed "PC" for the day, ya know Apple v. PC commercials